Jan/102
Podsednik Helps Royals In Two Ways
Posted by: Casey on January 8, 2010.
Elite Celebration Level
The Royals have officially signed Scott Podsednik to a 1 or 2 year deal. Since he’s 33, I have no problems with us signing him to a short deal. He’s a marginal upgrade in CF over Bloomquist, in my opinion. He did hit over .300 last year as the full time starter for the chi sox, leading off too.
Might you ask why Dayton Moore didn’t go for other CF’s in the market, well there’s two main reasons.
First of all, the Royals have really been exposed in one major area over the last few years: celebrations. It’s almost painful to watch these guys try to celebrate after a walk-off victory. Lot’s of awkward hugs and smiles. Thankfully, DM did get rid of “the best catcher in the world” in Miguel Olivo (of which Greinke had very fond feelings). So that did help the overall flamboyance of the 2010 team. As seen in the above picture, the White Sox have always been on the upper side of the league when it comes to passion and ability to celebrate. Perhaps this will put an end to the Royal Dance.
The second reason is his wife just happens to be a playboy model. The Royal’s wife events have been subpar, and this is an obvious upgrade.
Great work, Dayton Moore.
Jul/090
Royals Stun Sox
Posted by: Casey on July 9, 2009.
The Royal Dance (aka, we aren't use to dramatic, clutch hits)
How about them Royals? Hoch goes 6 innings, allowing 5 runs, and gets the victory. Normally I would make a wise-ass remark relating to how much we suck. No, not tonight, tonight is the time to celebrate and drink some blue Kool Aid.
After being down 4-0, I can honestly say I didn’t give us much of a chance at winning that ball game. But as I said on twitter, we were fighting. I made a tweet remarking: “Regardless of how this inning turns out, props to DDJ, Bloomquist and Butler for making Penny work.” That was the first time I thought we might have a chance, and even though we didn’t score that inning (believe it was the 3rd), I thought it was a critical juncture in the game. DeJesus came up with 2 outs, Penny was rolling. The next 3 hitters all had solid plate appearances, and even though Butler didn’t get a hit, we still showed some life.
Then we continue to do a great job battling.. Why Callaspo was hitting 8th, I have no freaking idea. But it turned out pretty well today, he had a couple of clutch doubles, and this team really gave us a glimpse of how they can play if they play to their potential. Even with a poor starting pitching effort, we didn’t give up, and we kept battling.
Then we get the game-tying hit. Yes, Ryan freakin Freel with the clutch warning-track-power bloop. I don’t think he could be any more similar to Bloomquist, fighting off all of those pitches, being as versatile as he is as well. He had a hit, a walk, scored two runs, and his average is now over the Mendoza. Congratulations to Freel.
Okay, so we tie the game. I’m was really happy with the effort this team had showed up to that point. Freel’s on first, and DeJesus comes up to the plate. I’m not even contemplating the possibility of DDJ coming through with a big hit, I was already thinking ahead about the possibilities of scoring another run. But no, DeJesus decides to hit the damn ball for once this year.. And I didn’t believe it was going to get out of the park, but it did.
And can someone teach this team how to celebrate? Either be a Yankee and act like you expected to hit a go-ahead two run home-run, or do something more exciting than a “Royal Dance“.
lol @ Nick Green’s at bat with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs in the 8th facing Soria.. For those who missed it:
- 1st pitch – Swings out of his shoes, literally as hard as you can swing at a 78 mph curve
- 2nd pitch – Fastball, high and tight, he thought it was another curve, check-swing fouls it off his bat
- 3rd pitch – The nasty curve, yet again, this time he didn’t even swing, and had a classic reaction to striking out on three nasty nasty pitches
Great job to the team, I tip my hats off to them. Let’s feel good for a night, forget about the record, the expectations, the past scars. Just wait for the game to show up on FSN on Royals Replay tonight. I’ll be there friends, yes, I’ll be there.
/celebrate! No negative comments tonight
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